I have before me a new laptop. Not only is it before me, I'm typing this on it. Nothing out of the ordinary in that, I hear you say. Well, runs full-fat Windows 8 and cost £150. That makes it even cheaper than my electric toothbrush!
Don't believe me? Here you go...
Now, you're probably saying to yourself - seriously, you spent £250 on a toothbrush?!? I didn't, mine actually cost comfortably under £100. But that is how much it retails at John Lewis. So much for 'never knowingly undersold'.
But I did pay £150 at ASDA for that Medion 'The Touch' E1317T. So it's crap, right? Not quite! It's actually a rather good laptop - once you've spent about 24 hours removing all the bloatware that bogs it down and do all the updates for Windows 8.1 after doing all the updates for Windows 8.
You'd think I was kidding, you'd be wrong! But, once this is all done, it's by far the best £150 brand new computer I've ever used. Seriously, it's actually quite good. Screen isn't brilliant, not very vibrant. Touch pad can be a pain (disabling Synpatics Touchpad Enhancements helps somewhat). But keyboard and touchscreen are hard to fault.
In the end, you've got full Windows in a 10" screened portable package. One that can handle many a task its beefier brethren can handle and has full Office to boot.
Final note: The toothbrush is pretty good too. Not £250 good though!
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